Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shorthair” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
shorthair	15	4	302	(None)
shorthairs	16	7	281	1	shorthairs
shorthaired	18	5	191	2	shorthaired
shorthand	16	4	375	2	shorthand
horsehair	15	9	365	3	_horsehair
shirttail	12	5	252	3	shirttail
shophar	15	5	546	3	sho_pha_r
shortage	12	3	631	3	short_age
shortcake	18	4	320	3	shortcake
shortener	12	4	577	3	shortener
shorter	10	35	1550	3	short__er
shortfall	15	4	287	3	shortfall
shorthands	17	4	349	3	shorthands
shorthead	16	4	447	3	shorthead
shortheads	17	4	381	3	shortheads
shorthorn	15	4	399	3	shorthorn
shortia	10	4	819	3	short__ia
shortias	11	4	809	3	shortia_s
shortie	10	4	1134	3	short__ie
shortwave	18	4	248	3	shortwave

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.296	20372.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.732	23110.6